The only thing that stops the dust is the rain. It’s a sweet reprieve, but there is no middle ground. The land is either as dry as the Betty Ford clinic, or as wet as the ocean floor. Everything can be seen from the ridge overlooking Armadillo as John Marston gently bounces along atop...

Its a new tv show on the syfy channel that is also going to have a shooter mmo alongside it. They even in a interview said that some of the players and guilds in the game will be referenced in the show(They said they are saving spots in the show specifically for it)
It will be on pc, ps3 and xbox 360 they say "Simultaneously in a mmo world" which I think means we will be able to play together no matter what system we are on. Im in the stress test tomorrow. Did anyone else get in?

That's ... interesting. Anytime someone says they have cross-platform I start the second guess it thought. It's too ambitious - and the show might be too. Looks like someone tried to put vampires, post-apocalypse, and Firefly all together to make the ultimate show.

If I get to pilot the mech on the bridge, however, I'm in no matter what.

Well The beta just went down. Loggin servers were overloaded for the first half hour so I didnt have alot of time to play. If you have already played a third person shooter mmo you will have a good idea of what your walking into. Server had minimal lag but this was a stress test so I wont review on it much

To start off the pros.
1.The engine runs great. It looks good and even with me forcing ambient occlusion I was getting 120fps.
2.The AI is smarter than It appears at times and dumber at times. Sometimes they will run around like they dont even see you. Once they do spot you though they actively take cover and will even try to flank you out of cover.
3.They give you an atv really early in the game. Its fast. has rocket boost and horn to annoy your friends.
4.The story character you interact with is voice casted well and kept me interested and engaged enough in what was really going on.

Con
1.You cant choose your hairstyle. Yeah I know its weird. I think they have helmets later in the game. You can customize the way you look thought just not your hair.
2.The Ego abilities(Think perks or talents) its this weird giant wall of just abilities. You can only choose your next ability if its near your base ability or current abilities your have.
3. Traditional MMO questing. Pick up quest. go reprogram radio tower, Turn in quest(only sometimes, sometimes you just radio in to finish)
4. inventory system could use a bit of work. I couldnt find a screen of just my inventory I could only pull up a screen of all the guns that could go in my mainslot. or greenade slot, etc.
5. Currently graphics options set to custom doesn't give you any options.(This is a minor gripe for beta)

You get the option of two different races(Human and alien humanoid), and 4 different classes.

Hope I get to try it out some more in the future._________________“I do like metaphorical heroin and my heroin dealer. EA”

p.s. Syfi canceled Alphas. Looks like they really are putting all there eggs in a basket for this defiance show and game. Makes me sad. Ill miss you Gary. Ill never forget the depiction of the government taking a autistic boy, putting him in a fema type camp and putting a microchip in his neck to keep him docile. When he got out he would spend 10 minutes every morning screaming to let his anger out. Man ill miss that show.

At least we still have "Being Human"_________________“I do like metaphorical heroin and my heroin dealer. EA”

There was a post maybe a year or 2 ago about a gaming being shown, with PS3 and 360 players playing together. It was Defiance. The devs said Microsoft doesn't allow it, so they can...blah blah blah pr speak.

Got a pc beta invite, waiting for PS3 because that the only version I care about. I'm honestly only worried about texture pop-in.

I also heard the grouping/party system is ambitious, but terribly implemented.

EDIT: Just watched a dev diary, and they said that PC, PS3 and 360 players will be playing simultaneously...need some clarification_________________

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Also who is going to eat all of the sandwiches you make if there are no men. Tree falls in the woods